Help your pal get to know you better!!
Here are some questions to introduce yourself and help us get to know everyone. Tell us about you!
1. Name and Introduction:
2. Girl or Boy requested?:
3. Twins requested?
4. Age requested?:
5. LID?:
6. Agency?:
7. Favorite China Adoption blog to "stalk"?:
8. In the Waiting Child Program?
9. What month do you think July 06 referrals will come?
10. Child’s name:
11. Nursery theme:
12. Nursery colors:
13. Likes/dislikes:
14. What are you doing to stay busy during the wait?:
15. Favorite fragrance or scent:
16. Favorite author or books:
17. Favorite movies:
18. Favorite music:
19. What store(s) are you registered at?:
20. Blog or website address (if any)
21. Anything else you’d like your secret pal to know about you?
posted by WaitingForDrewBaby @ 1:05 AM
13 Comments:
1. Name and Introduction: I am Andrea and my dh is Matt. We have a 4 year ds Cory. We live in Columbus, Ohio.
2. Girl or Boy requested: Girl
3. Age requested: As Young As Possible
4. Child’s name: Isabelle
5. Nursery theme: Butterflies & Ladybugs
6. Nursery colors: Pink & Green
7. Likes/dislikes: Spending Time with my son. Going to Festivals
8. Hobbies/Collections: Traveling, Scrapbooking, Reading
9. Favorite fragrance or scent: None, allergic to too many
10. Favorite author or books: Janet Evanovich
11. Favorite movies: Meet Me in St. Louis, Sweet Home Alabama, Fools Rush In, Howto Lose A Guy in 10 Days
12. Favorite music: The Goo Goo Dolls, Rascal Flatts
13. Registered at what store(s): None yet
14. Anything else you’d like your secret pal to know about you?
1. Name and Introduction: I am Susie, my dh is Scott. Scott's dd and my dsd is Alyssa. We live in Utah.
2. Girl or Boy requested: Girl
3. Age requested: 0-16 months
4. Child's name: Emma
5. Nursery theme: Flowers & stripes
6. Nursery Colors: Cream, green, pink and taupe.
7. Likes/dislikes: decorating, shopping, spending time with Family.
8. Hobbies/Collections: Traveling, cross-stitching, reading.
9. Favorite fragrance or scent: light lavender, Baby Powder, Clean cotton.
10. Favorite author or books: Michael Palmer
11. Favorite movies: Return to me, Gladiator, Casablanca
12. Favorite music: Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band.
13. Registered at what store(s): None yet.
1. Name and Introduction: My name is Tracy and my husband is Bob, we Live in Staten Island, NY
2. Girl or Boy requested: Girl
3. Age requested: Under 12 months
4. Child’s name: Emma
5. Nursery theme: Ladybugs, Dragon flies and Butterflies
6. Nursery colors: Green, Purple
7. Likes/dislikes: I like spending time with my husband and dog at the park and camping.
8. Hobbies/Collections: Baking
9. Favorite fragrance or scent: I love Happy by Clinque
10. Favorite author or books: Anything to do with adopting
11. Favorite movies: Where the Heart Is, The Break Up
12. Favorite music: Top 40 and Some Country
13. Registered at what store(s): None Yet
14. Anything else you’d like your secret pal to know about you? I love Gerber Daisey Flowers and Pink Lady Bug stuff.
1. Name and Introduction: My name is Kim and my husband is John we live in Berkley, Michigan.
2. Girl or Boy requested: Girl (twins)
3. Age requested:00-12 months
4. Child’s name: Emma Grace
5. Nursery theme:Eeyore and Butterflies
6. Nursery colors: Lavender, white and pink
7. Likes/dislikes:Like spending time with hubby and spending time with my friend and her 2 yr old son. Dislike working
8. Hobbies/Collections:I collect Dolls, dolphins, willow tree, I love movies and tv and reading
9. Favorite fragrance or scent:None
10. Favorite author or books:Dean Koonts, Danielle Steele
11. Favorite movies:too many to list
12. Favorite music: all kinds
13. Registered at what store(s):none yet
14. Anything else you’d like your secret pal to know about you? Like us all, I cannot wait to bring my daughter home! I am way too excited!!!!
1.I am Jennifer Cheer and dh is Jim.We have two sons Nick and Alex.
2.We requested a girl.
3.Age:0-12 months
4.Childs Name: Sarah
5.Nursery Theme: Flowers&Butterfly
6.Nursery Colors:pink/yellow/green
7.Like cooking/dslike work weekends
8.Hobbies:Running/Tennis/Reading
9.Favorite scent: gardenia
10.Favorite author: Jennifer Weiner
11.Favorite Movies: A River Runs Through It,The Usual Suspects,Crash
12.Favorite Music: The Cure,The Smiths,also jazz/blues/classical
13.Registered at stores: not yet
14.Anything else you want your secret pal to know about you? I wish for speedy referrals for us all! :)
1. Name and introduction: Hi. My name is Angie and dh is Randy. We are waiting for a referral for our first child. We live in NC.
2. We have requested a girl.
3. Age: As young as possible.
4. Child's name: Georgianna
5. Nursery theme: Dots/stripes
6. Nursery Colors: Pink and Brown with white, yellow and oragne.
7. Likes: Cooking, photography, gardening, crafts, spending time with husband, dogs, family and friends. Dislikes: Here lately it's going to work!
8. Hobbies: Reading, photography, gardening, home improvement. Collections: Pottery
9. Favorite fragrance or scent: anything that's light and clean smelling
10. Favorite author/book: Too many to list. Most recently, anything by Amy Tan - she's a fun, light read.
11. Favorite Movies: Don't have one.
12. Favorite Music: Lyle Lovett, Michael Buble, big band music, jazz, blues, Third Day, Donna the Buffalo
13. We're not registered anywhere yet.
1. I am Felisha. My dh is David. We have an almost 9 yr. old daughter and a 6 yr. old son. We live in Newburgh, IN>
2. We requested a girl.
3. Age requested: AYAP
4. Child's name: Lily
5. Nursery theme: don't really have one.
6. Nursery colors: pastel pink, apple green, some red
7. Likes/dislikes: like-spending time with family dislikes-having to wait so long for referrals
8. Hobbies/Collections: not a collector. Enjoy photography & scrapbooking, decorating.
9. Favorite fragrance/scent: anything bath & body works.
10. Favorite author: any books about China, adoption, bonding,etc.
11. Favorite movies: don't really have one.
12. Favorite music: love Rascal Flatts
13. Not registered anywhere.
14. I want my secret pal to know that I appreciate her participating, hope we have fun shopping, & that referrals come quickly.
1. My name is Stephanie and my husband is Sam. We have a sweet heart of a son, Whitt who is 5, almost 6. We live just North of Houston in Spring, TX.
2. We requested a girl.
3. Age: 6- 12 months.
4. Child's name: We are waiting for her Chinese name to decide.
5. Nursery theme : Hopefully Pottery Barn Sweet Birdie or something as sweet and whimsical.
6. Nursery colors: Pink, pale yellow, white, mint green
7. Likes: Quality family time, dates w/my hubby, girlfriend time
Dislikes: Feeling rushed and overscheduled...and right now the pain of the loss of the only pet I have ever known our 14 year old Golden Retreiver, Lady
8. Hobbies: Scrapbooking, church activities, Book club reading),camping, letterboxing, hiking, tennis, swimming
9. Favorite fragrance: my hubby's aftershave;clean fresh scents..nothing too sweet
10. Favorite author or books: Some Austen, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Steinback's Grapes of Wrath, and any new author finds...lately liking Jodi Picoult
11. Favorite movies: a lot of the old classics...we are kind of movie buffs, so it is difficult to pick just one genre, kind of like books I guess.
12. Favorite music: Pop, Soft rock, some contemporary Christian
13. Not registered
14. I am grateful to be a part of this group of families who can all identify so well with one another!
Thanks for being a secret pal!
1. Name and Introduction: Hi, I am Suzanne and my dh is Bob. We have a 3 year old daughter, Nikki, from Guangxi, China. We adopted her 2 years ago and we are waiting for dd #2.
2. Girl or Boy requested: girl
3. Age requested:6-18 months
4. Child’s name: Sarah Ann
5. Nursery theme: Pink and Green The Nursery is bright pink and lime green with purple window treatments. It sounds bright and scary, but it is really very fun and playful.
6. Nursery colors: ANything bright and playful (pink, green, purple, yellow, orange)
7. Likes/dislikes: I love spending time with my family and taking our daughter out to play. I can't think of any dislikes except sports.
8. Hobbies/Collections: Reading and decorating
9. Favorite fragrance or scent: I love Victoria Secret's garden scents-lotions, sprays
10. Favorite author or books: Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou
11. Favorite movies: Streets of Fire, Dirty Dancing, Waking Ned Devine
12. Favorite music: --Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, Josh Grobain
13. Registered at what store(s): None
14. Anything else you’d like your secret pal to know about you? I am very excited to be involved in the secret pal program. Our first adoption from start to finish was only 10 months. Now, with the long wait for DD #2, I need something to lift my spirits in the long wait. Thanks.
1. Name and Introduction: I'm Denise, DH is Dale. We have one daughter adopted from China, Samantha. She was 3 this past February.
2. Girl or Boy requested: Girl
3. Age requested: 0-6 months @ referral
4. Child’s name: Madison Marie (CN)
5. Nursery theme: - Unknown at this point
6. Nursery colors: - Unknown at this point
7. Likes/dislikes: I love reading (Romance Books), chocolate, scrapbooking, watching movies, cross stitching, crocheting and playing games.
8. Hobbies/Collections: See #7 above.
9. Favorite fragrance or scent: Roses and I love Obsession and Musk.
10. Favorite author or books: No favorite author, but I do love ready Silhoute Romance Books and books about China.
11. Favorite movies: The Sound of Music, Dirty Dancing, Cutting Edge, Pretty Woman to just name a few.
12. Favorite music: I listed to everything, rock -n- roll, Country, some hip-hop and rap. Love Elvis!
13. Registered at what store(s): None.
14. Anything else you’d like your secret pal to know about you? I just enjoy life and like to have a good time. I love to shop!
1. Name and Introduction: I am Sue and my DH is Robert. We live in Madison, Wisconsin (our state's capital)
2. Girl or Boy requested?: Girl
4. Age requested?: As young as possible
5. LID?: 7-14-06
6. Agency?: CCAI
8. In the Waiting Child Program? NO
9. What month do you think July 06 referrals will come? December 08
10. Child’s name: TBA
11. Nursery theme: Floral (see Pottery Barn - Green Daisy Garden pattern), butterflies, alphabet painting I made for her, along with panda and flower art (see pix in my photos in main July DTC group photo section)
12. Nursery colors: Lime green walls, natural maple wood dressers, crib..., would like pink accents
13. Likes/dislikes: love art, traveling and spending time with my husband
14. What are you doing to stay busy during the wait?: painting pictures, traveling to Ireland in October
15. Favorite fragrance or scent: NONE, allergic to fragrances
16. Favorite author or books: Love the Harry Potter books and spy/suspence novels
17. Favorite movies: most Disney/Pixar movies, harry potter, musicals...
18. Favorite music: Beatles, Grateful Dead
19. What store(s) are you registered at?: None yet
20. Blog or website address (if any) http://onemoredaytoforever.blogspot.com/
21. Anything else you’d like your secret pal to know about you? I am an artist. I've been accumulating lots of books for our daughter about adoption related themes. She will most likely be our only child and will likely be spoiled rotten!
1. Name and Introduction: I'm Sherri and my dh Todd. We have a 7 yr old boy and live in Florida
2. Girl or Boy requested: Girl
3. Age requested: 6-18 As Young As Possible
4. Child’s name: Emma
5. Nursery theme: Butterflies and flowers, check out her Nursery in our blog. She has the big girl look in her room, so that we don't have to change it later on down the road.
6. Nursery colors: 2 shades of pink
7. Likes/dislikes: Spending Time with my son, traveling and meeting new people who are in the process or who already have Chinese Children. dislike: nasty know it all people and road rage
8. Hobbies/Collections: Gardening, Scrapbooking, My BLOG!!!
9. Favorite fragrance or scent: the smell of my husband after a shower
10. Favorite author or books: no favorite
11. Favorite movies: too many to name, but I love John Travolta and have just about all of his movies
12. Favorite music: Country and 70's & 80's
13. Registered at what store(s): None at this time
14. Anything else you’d like your secret pal to know about you? . Just excited about the secret pal exchange and looking forward to getting to know who my secret pal is
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